Organizations advocating for press freedom denounce the murder of journalists in a strike on a hospital in Gaza
26.08.2025 23:10
Press freedom organizations say about 200 Palestinian reporters have been killed so far since the attacks on Gaza have started.
Leading press freedom organizations have condemned the killing of journalists in Gaza after Israeli forces struck the Nasser Hospital compound on Monday, leaving at least five reporters dead. according to
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it has so far documented the deaths of at least 197 journalists and media workers during the war, including 189 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
“Israel’s broadcasted killing of journalists in Gaza continues while the world watches and fails to act firmly on the most horrific attacks the press has ever faced in recent history,” said CPJ Regional Director Sara Qudah. “These murders must end now. The perpetrators must no longer be allowed to act with impunity.”
The statement cited Israeli outlet Hayom, which quoted unnamed officials as saying the IDF noticed a camera on the hospital roof and targeted it because Hamas often uses cameras to record Israeli soldiers, but that the incident escalated. It added that an investigation is underway and that the reporters were not meant to be targeted.
Veteran war reporter Janine di Giovani, now head of the Ukraine Reckoning Project, told OCCRP that in more than three decades of covering conflicts — from Bosnia to Syria — she has been threatened, kidnapped, shot at, and lost friends, but said nothing compares to Gaza.
“If Israel is allowed to kill journalists in Gaza with impunity, it sends a powerful message to dictators and regimes around the world: no one is safe,” she said.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) renewed its call for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to address the escalating toll on media workers.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) also condemned the attacks, warning that journalists in Gaza are being deliberately targeted and urging immediate international action to protect them. The group said it has documented 233 journalists killed in the conflict, 219 of them Palestinian.
